Lin Nuo's answer to the question was so fast that it only took a day.

In the remaining two days, in addition to meditating and cultivating internal strength, he also ate and slept, so unmotivated, some examiners who passed by him couldn't help but shake their heads secretly when they saw this scene.

At the end of the first exam, when they handed in their papers and left the examination room, all the candidates were exhausted and looked sluggish, and some of them even walked staggeringly and needed help.

Only Lin Nuo, full of red light, full of vitality, in the eyes of everyone or disdain or envy, stepped out of the Tribute Courtyard, outside the Tribute Courtyard, Xue Xiu'er and others had been waiting outside for a long time.

......

The autumn festival is divided into three sessions, which will be held on August 9, 12 and 15 respectively.

Among them, the first exam is the most important, and the examiner's admission of the candidate basically depends on the answer sheet of the first exam, and the remaining two exams are almost a passing formality.

After three exams, even Lin Nuo, a martial artist, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, this kind of large-scale exam that lasted for many days, ordinary people with weak bodies really couldn't stand it.

At the end of the examination, after a series of strict inspections and sealing, the examination papers of these three sessions were sent to a team of sergeants by the invigilators.

These sergeants carry the sealed examination papers to the back courtyard where they are responsible for marking them, and then the entire courtyard will be isolated, no one will be allowed to enter or leave, and all possibility of favoritism and malpractice will be strictly guarded.

"Guys, let's get started!"

The chief and deputy examiners sat in the hall, and the eight examiners in the hall began to draw lots in an orderly manner to choose the examination papers they wanted to review, and around the room, there were cronies from the eunuchs of Nanchang Mansion, sitting quietly on the side, supervising the fairness of the marking.

There are chief and deputy examiners in the hall, and there are supervising eunuchs around them, and unless the examiner doesn't want his head, there is rarely any favoritism or malpractice.

The examiner marks the paper very quickly, just like the examiner who corrected the composition of the college entrance examination in later generations, the first thing to look at is the handwriting.

Those whose handwriting is sloppy and ugly will basically be discarded and will not even be able to write well.

If the handwriting is neat or beautiful, it will naturally be favored by the examiner, and then the examiner will review these papers a second time to see whether the essay is smooth, whether it conforms to the rhyme, and whether the dictionary and relevant questions are appropriate.

Those articles that have typos, are not written smoothly, and even write a title will be directly put aside, and they will basically be sentenced to death.

As for the selected essays, the examiner will review them again, judge them from the structure of the essays, the quotations of the scriptures, the candidates' language skills, and the ideas of the essays, select some excellent essays, write comments, and submit them to the examiner.

Time passed little by little, and some of the better exam papers were gradually selected by the examiners, and after a quick screening, the examiners began to write comments one by one.

"Ladies and gentlemen, are there any particularly outstanding talents among the candidates this time?"

Seeing that the time was not early, the examiners were gradually tired, and the examiner, who was sitting in the hall, opened his mouth to ask.

"My lord, I have an exam paper here, with beautiful handwriting, rigorous language, and very deep thoughts, which is highly recommended by the lower officials!"

Seeing that the examiner spoke, the examiners who were still a little sleepy suddenly became interested, and an examiner picked out the papers that he thought were the best and recommended them to the examiner!

"My lord, I also have a paper here, although there is still some lack in the idea of the article, but the writing is sophisticated, the handwriting is thick and powerful, the diction is rigorous and even extensive, some allusions, the lower officials don't even dare to say that they know everything, but this candidate is handy, very relevant!" A middle-aged examiner selected one of the many papers and presented it to the examiner.

After reading the two papers, the chief examiner and the deputy examiner couldn't help but nod their heads.

The examiner stroked his beard with satisfaction and said: "In this township examination, my Jiangxi examination room is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, and the talents of these two people, even if they are high school scholars, are more than enough!"

"If there is no accident, the first and second places will be produced in these two papers, I wonder which one does the examiner think should be the first?" asked the deputy examiner with a smile.

"These two copies, one is stronger in the depth of thought, and the other, although it is inferior in thought, but in the breadth of the scriptures, it is farther, to tell you the truth, I even suspect that this candidate has read more than the old man, the examiner!"

The examiner was silent for a long time, and then made a review on the two papers, and the one with the stronger depth of thought was selected as the first place.

"We are waiting for the examiners, for the imperial court, we need to choose well-educated people, but we must also choose thoughtful and capable ministers who can do things for the country.

"What the adults said is very true, we scholars should not die studying, but on the basis of profound knowledge, we must learn and apply it lively, so that we can become good officials who are beneficial to the country and the people. ”

Now that the examiner has made up his mind, the other examiners will naturally not argue with him over the first and second place.

Although it is not uncommon for examiners to dispute each other in the imperial examination, it is generally rare, after all, each of these examiners is from a jinshi, and their own knowledge is not weak, and the quality of the article can be known at a glance, and it is rare to take a bad article as a recommendation for a good work.

The supervising eunuchs on both sides watched this scene expressionlessly from beginning to end, they were just bystanders, as long as there was no blatant favoritism and fraud, and the affairs between the examiners, they never got involved.

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The days of waiting for the release of the results are extremely difficult for most candidates, but for Lin Nuo, it is not unusual.

These days, he did not stay in the inn, but together with Xue Xiu'er, he left Nanchang City and went to cultivate in the mountains more than ten miles outside the city.

In the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, the terrain is relatively flat, and unlike the continuous mountains in the north, the mountains here are more like larger mounds.

However, Lin Nuo and the others didn't come to see the scenery, and they didn't care if the surrounding environment was beautiful, there were still more than ten days before the list opened, and half a month was enough for him to improve his internal strength by a small margin.

Burst!

A black cold light flashed, and at the forefront of the light, with a little purple smoke, like a meteor outside the sky, flashed away.

Whew!

The sound of piercing sounded, and I saw Lin Nuo holding a wooden spear in one hand, and with a stab of his hand, he pierced an ancient wood in front of him that was hugged by two people, and the action was like flowing water in one go, and the spear was like an arm in his hand, and it had reached the point where his heart moved at will, and he realized that the gun was there!

"Yes, the thorn in marksmanship, you have almost practiced it, and in the future, you will build a stainless steel spear, with the internal force of Jiuyang, there are probably few martial artists in the world who can block the power of your stab!"

Seeing Lin Nuo's cultivation results, Xue Xiu'er stepped forward, took the wooden spear, and shook it casually.

"Next, you can practice shaking guns!"